Zhao had never heard of Van Gogh when it was suggested that he try his hand at copying "Café Terrace at Night" from a postcard. The first attempts were unsellable, but the business took off.

In February 1888, it took Vincent van Gogh 18 hours to reach Arles from Paris ... The site is now the drinks terrace of La Civette Arlesienne – three beers on tap, no obvious artists in ...

Cafe Terrace at Night and Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers. He famously cut off his left ear after tempers flared with an artist in Arles, France. Van Gogh suffered with mental illness for much of ...